News & Blog

Over the past few days, The Guardian newspaper published a series of articles exploring and highlighting subjects close to all of our hearts: antidepressant withdrawal, the harms of medicalizing emotional and social problems, and the importance of sharing our experiences—in our own words—of taking and stopping antidepressants, and of rediscovering life beyond the mental health industry.

The Inner Compass Initiative website has merged with The Withdrawal Project content – now there is ONLY one united site right here at https://www.theinnercompass.org/

Present for Peace is a peer support group founded by someone who realized psychiatric medications and professionals weren't always the answer.

A personal story about enduring withdrawal from antidepressants and finding hope on the other side.

The Deputy Director for Safety at the FDA’s Division of Psychiatry Products answers our questions about how the risks of psychiatric drugs are evaluated – and explains what you need to know to better protect yourself.

On Saturday, November 9th, 2019, ICI's Inner Compass Initiative will pilot a free Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Webinar for ICI Connect members called "To Withdraw or Not to Withdraw: Psychiatric Drugs and the Deep Questions About Ourselves."

The UK Government continues its important research into psychiatric drug dependence and issues recommendations on how to reduce this growing problem.

Caffeine. Alcohol. Marijuana. Natural supplements like melatonin or valerian, kava or ginseng. If so many people use one or more of these substances for years, what could be the possible harm of using them during psychiatric drug withdrawal?

ICI Contributor Cindy Olejar interviews Kelly Davis about her experiences of brain injury, psychiatric drug withdrawal, and healing through shared stories and art.

A personal story about ending a forty-year relationship to psychiatric drugs.